CNG 96, Lot: 596. Estimate $500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. Æ (26mm, 13.16 g, 1h). Kyrene mint. Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Draped bust of Libya right, wearing tainia; filleted cornucopia to left, silphion plant below. Svoronos 854; Asolati 65; Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen 440; Noeske –. EF, dark brown surfaces. Rare.